For each of the following scenarios, determine which market model best describes the scenario. Then identify the number of firms, the type of product, and the ease with which new firms can enter the market under this market structure.
For each of the following scenarios, determine which market model best describes the scenario. Then identify the number of firms, the type of product, and the ease with which new firms can enter the market under this market structure.
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Transcribed Image Text:For each of the following scenarios, determine which market model best describes the scenario. Then identify the number of firms, the type of product,
and the ease with which new firms can enter the market under this market structure.
Scenario
A chain of coffee shops has gained a large
market share in a big city because customers
feel its coffee tastes better than its
competitors' coffee.
Dozens of companies produce plain white
socks. The standard technology for
producing socks is widely known and
available to anyone who wants to enter the
business.
Four Internet providers offer similar services
to almost everyone in the city. Any new
company would have to engage in a price
war with the existing companies.
Only one pharmaceutical company has a
government patent to sell an experimental
drug.
Number of
Firms
Type of Product
Entry
Market Model
Oligopoly
Monopoly
Monopolistic competition
Perfect competition
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